Southern Sudan would be a description of the area which lies in the south of the country known as Sudan, which is now a separate country.
It's the same as "South Africa" - that's the name of the country. If you said "southern Africa" (note: no capital S) then it would refer to the southern parts of the entire continent which might incorporate various countries (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa etc).

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